>>178338>>178339>The Protestant ones are also more openly philosemitic. At least that's honest, but it's also completely embarrassing and self-abasing.Its mudshark levels of embarrasing and self-abusive the way they carry on about "the chosen land" and "god's people; the jews". I've always thought that as the boomers die out, this strain of thought will go with them. I sure hope so, because these people want to destroy the world for their goddamned 3rd temple and the 2nd coming that's never happening, and no sane person ever would want to happen!! Whacked out prots and insane talmudic rabbis, working hand-in-glove to kill us all!
>I think the Catholic Church has a much more negative influence on society than any Protestant sect though.Globally, yes. For America specifically, I think the 3rd temple type people are more damaging. Even then, a lot of that is contained in the south/midwest. There's a specific term for their beliefs, I just can't be bothered to dignify them with a proper label. They don't deserve.
>which makes me think it might have just been for social reasons considering that he married a Catholic woman.I think so much more than we realize of christinsanity's spread in the West was due to social reasons and people just going along to get along, not wanting to rock the boat and just converting to keep the peace but privately not believing. And people wanting their kids to have friends to play with, so letting them go to church but then not preaching to them in private or talking about church or anything.
>From the little I understand of deism in the Anglosphere, they were less likely to rock the boat than the French variety and were often quasi-Christian culturallyThe French produce so many great authors, and so much good literature. I think they had intellectual debates over agnosticism, atheism, and wanted to have a group discussion about it whereas the English would just not believe, not tell anyone, and go about their lives.
>Even if a lot of the top Founding Fathers weren't necessarily doctrinaire Christians, it's kind of hard for me to pin down their true thoughts.Multi-
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